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setInputDeviceMapping([absolute=boolean], [axis=string], [device=string], [offset=float], [relative=boolean], [scale=float], [view=boolean], [world=boolean])
Note: Strings representing object names and arguments must be separated by commas. This is not depicted in the synopsis.
setInputDeviceMapping is undoable, NOT queryable, and NOT editable.
The command sets a scale and offset for all attachments made
to a specified device axis. Any attachment made to a mapped
device axis will have the scale and offset applied to its values.
The value from the device is multiplied by the scale and the
offset is added to this product. With an absolute mapping, the
attached attribute gets the resulting value. If the mapping is
relative, the final value is the offset added to the scaled
difference between the current device value and the previous
device value.
This mapping will be applied to the device data before any
mappings defined by the setAttrMapping command. A typical use
would be to scale a device's input so that it is within a usable
range. For example, the device mapping can be used to calibrate
a spaceball to work in a specific section of a scene.
As an example, if the space ball is setup with absolute device
mappings, constantly pressing in one direction will cause the
attached attribute to get a constant value. If a relative mapping
is used, and the spaceball is pressed in one direction, the
attached attribute will jump a constantly increasing (or constantly
decreasing) value and will find a rest value equal to the offset.
There are important differences between how the relative flag
is handled by this command and the setAttrMapping command. (See
the setAttrMapping documentation for specifics on how it calculates
relative values). In general,
both a relative device mapping (this command) and a relative
attachment mapping (setAttrMapping) should not be used together
on the same axis.
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assignInputDevice, attachDeviceAttr, detachDeviceAttr, devicePanel, getInputDeviceRange, getModifiers, listDeviceAttachments, listInputDeviceAxes, listInputDeviceButtons, listInputDevices, recordAttr, setAttrMapping, unassignInputDevice
absolute, axis, device, offset, relative, scale, view, world
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absolute(a)
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boolean
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report absolute axis values
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axis(ax)
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string
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device(d)
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string
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specify which device to map
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offset(o)
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float
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specify the axis offset value
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relative(r)
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boolean
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report the change in axis value since
the last sample
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scale(s)
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float
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specify the axis scale value
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view(v)
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boolean
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translate the device coordinates into the coordinates
of the active camera
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world(w)
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boolean
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translate the device coordinates into world space
coordinates
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Flag can appear in Create mode of command
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Flag can appear in Edit mode of command
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Flag can appear in Query mode of command
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Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
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import maya.cmds as cmds
cmds.assignInputDevice( '"move -r XAxis YAxis ZAxis"', d='spaceball' )
cmds.setInputDeviceMapping( d='spaceball', ax=['XAxis', 'YAxis', 'ZAxis'], scale=0.01, r=True )
# The first command will assign the move command to the spaceball.
# The second command will scale the three named axes by 0.01 and
# only return the changes in device position.